Please explain this to me about Paris.

[ellenrr]

On Nov 12 a double suicide bomb in Beirut killed at least 43 and wounded more than 200 in the worst attack to strike the city in years.

There was no "We stand with Lebanon". No "We love you Beirut". No 24 hour CNN coverage. No extensive NYTimes coverage.

Is it only European lives that matter? Do Arab lives matter? Do Muslim lives matter?

[Warren Stupidity]

1. The bombings in lebanon were against lebanese people who are aligned with Hezbollah

and so it is considered ok to blow them up. Plus it was likely our proxy forces who did the bombing.

No it is not ok. What we are sponsoring in Syria is a daily "attack on Paris".

[ellenrr]

35. amen

[RiverLover]

2. Suicide bombing in the ME seems like an everyday occurrence. Every week at least.

Its sad to say but we're comfortably numb to those attacks.

They don't happen every week in France.

[Demeter]

34. Just as gun violence is a daily occurance in the USA

Same shit, different day, different place....still not good.

[The2ndWheel]

3. Yes, it's all subjective

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Alas. Something like that.

Good point.

[CBGLuthier]

5. I don't think explaining things would be worth the effort.

Some folks just have some kind of asshole agenda about this. I can not understand it.

[grossproffit]

6. Yep. +1

[Laughing Mirror]

7. They are non persons

Like the 224 Russians in the plane ISIS brought down a few weeks ago, or the patients and staff at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Konduz brought down by the US. And I could go on and on, such as our drones that have killed into the thousands of innocent bystanders who have done nothing to us.

You're right. They don't matter. They are collateral damage. Non persons. It only matters when we are on the receiving end. The only persons that are real are us.

[geek tragedy]

8. Because the attack in Beirut was against Shiite Muslims

and their lives are considered more expendable by the media and right wing actors,especially Neocons.

[grossproffit]

19. The recent ice truck bomb in Iraq that murdered 120 Shiites, was covered extensively.

[geek tragedy]

24. the one that specifically targeted people associated with Hezbollah made it not worth

acknowledging in certain quarters and in certain countries.

[grossproffit]

9. Peshawar school massacre, Gumsuri kidnappings, Kano bombing, Borno Massacre, Westgate attack...

Chapel Hill Shooting and many others were extensively covered.

Selective memory?

[CrawlingChaos]

10. BINGO!

Selective outrage -- the war machine cannot operate without it.

[giftedgirl77]

11. Brown ppl aren't worth the time.

We as other brown ppl have known this to be true for a very long time.

[Democat]

14. Because there are no "brown people" in France

Are you serious?

[giftedgirl77]

20. Only the evil one's committing the acts.

It's a convenience thing. We've seen it our whole lives. Look at the same shit that goes on here. The outrage meter ticks a lot higher the lighter the skin. Not to mention throw the fact that they were Muslim in there & the give a damn flies out the window.

[shira]

30. Neither are the Russians in the plane bombing last week....

Or Israelis stabbed and blown up.

[Nye Bevan]

12. Did you start any threads expressing horror, outrage or solidarity, after the Beirut bombing?

If not, why not? Answering this question will lead to the answer to the question you posed in your OP.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

17. Best response to any thread ever

[Logical]

22. Bullshit, you know the point they are making. Quit being cute. The news coverage is totally....

different. And you know it.

[shira]

25. You nailed it. n/t

[ffr]

31. A reasonable question. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

36. ...

[Catherina]

13. Beirut yesterday; Paris today. Palestine, Yemen and Syria everyday.

Let's not forget Nigeria, Libya, South Sudan, and Central Africa Republic.

In racist imperial wars where *civilized* countries get to exploit the riches of what they consider inferior countries, those victims are the wrong color.

Rec'd

[grossproffit]

21. Israel is always a target, as well.

[Catherina]

23. Yeah right, whatever. Goodbye n/t

[shira]

26. Guess Israelis don't count either. n/t

[B Calm]

15. A few days ago they blew up a Russian airliner killing over 200 people. There was no

"We stand with Russia", why?

[randome]

27. Maybe a different mindset? Russia -i.e. Putin- does not think much of sympathy.

They/he want to imagine themselves as controlling the region. As if they ever did.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[shira]

29. Western world solidarity. We care more for those like us. n/t

[snagglepuss]

16. When do we see American or EU Muslims gathering to express solidarity with Muslims being stoned,

hung, sliced and blown apart by other Muslims. WHere the outrage and solidarity in the Muslim community? Maybe if Muslims took a stance non-Muslims would be there as well.

Where in the US did Muslims organize large public gatherings to denounce the Beirut bombing and express their solidarity with the Lebanese?

[librechik]

18. Yes, no, no, Period. N/t

[valerief]

28. That's something the billionaire-owned media will have to answer. nt

[Octafish]

32. A woman from Michigan died there, Leila Mazloum.

Otherwise, it might not have made the broadcast news here.

[Reter]

33. Beirut is a warzone

It's more or less expected. Paris is a city of love.

[rosesaylavee]

37. I didn't hear about Beirut

until after the Paris attack. I do resent posts like these - here and elsewhere on the Internet - who seek to shame and to divide based upon who people grieve for more -- I get that there is probably hurt over this but what is the point of this other than to shame people? My ancestry is French. I find the attacks in a large city to be traumatizing as my son lives in one here in the US. We dine out and attend concerts so that also was a connecting piece for me.

My concern over the Paris attacks do not preclude my concern for those suffering in Beirut, Iraq, etc. The pressure to rank who is more worthy of our grief is a terrible thing and divides people more.

I think you need to take it up with the media - not individuals who didn't know about it.

[ellenrr]

38. I am commenting on the media --

why would i take it up with an individual??

Actually I mentioned the media in my post--

so who what are you responding to?

I am not shaming anyone, nor am I dividing anyone, nor am I ranking peoples' grief.

As the French gal said on facebook -
she grieves for Paris, but she is not going to change her fb photo to reflect the tragedy bec if she did she'd have to change her photo every day to reflect the tragedies taking place.

So.. resent all you want, but also read carefully and respond appropriately.
Otherwise you miss the point.
which is ok.
We're all heartbroken.